BBCWith only weeks left until the US presidential election, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in a battle to win the support of those who are yet to commit to either candidate.
The BBC has spoken to eight undecided voters who saw Tuesday night’s 90-minute debate as being crucial in working out who to pick in November’s ballot.
Vanessa was leaning towards voting for Trump before the debate started and is still leaning that way, but was impressed with Harris’s performance.
I don’t think the debate changed my opinion on voting for Trump, but I definitely am less fearful if [Harris] wins because I think she can handle herself and debate well.
I’m overall unchanged, but I like her better now.
I lost a lot of faith in the Democratic Party when they told us Joe Biden was fine, and then it turns out he’s not, and so it’s hard to trust that same administration going forward.
I do not want to vote for Trump, but I do not like this current administration. I won’t change my mind before November, I’d just be less worried if she were to win.
Jeremy doesn’t like Trump and didn’t vote Democrat in 2016 or 2020, but after tonight’s debate says he will be voting for Harris.
Tonight was the first night where genuinely, I would say I felt, like, scared at the prospect of a second Trump presidency.
His answers where he would fearmonger about immigrants killing dogs, fearmonger about World War III multiple times. Every time he spoke, it was frightening to a level that I have not felt from him before.
And while I don’t love Harris, and I think she’s very wishy-washy, she does not pose an existential threat to America like he does.
Tracy watched the debate but remains undecided over who she will vote for.
I thought both candidates spoke fairly well, but I thought Kamala answered more of the questions than Trump did.
I had never really seen anything about [Harris] so I was looking for basically an opinion on her. So I was rather pleased with some of what she had to say and actually what ex-President Trump had to say, but I get a very shifty vibe from him.
I don’t trust [Trump]. I don’t think he wants to run the country, I think he wants to own the country.
Mat was considering skipping the election all together, but after the debate he says he has made up his mind.
The debate was something.
Kamala Harris definitely did very well. I think Trump kind of did not. He lost his focus and kept rambling on where it was kind of incoherent.
After last night, I think I’ll vote for Kamala Harris. I don’t know if I’ll be very enthusiastic about it but I will probably be voting for her.
There’s still a little bit of time until November, but she very likely has my vote.
